The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel has score predictions for three games every week during the college football season. This week’s picks include Iowa vs. Penn State, Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State and Ohio State vs. Notre Dame.
What’s at stake Saturday when Iowa State opens Big 12 play against Oklahoma State at Jack Trice Stadium? Mainly, any realistic hope that ISU can prevent suffering through a second consecutive losing season. Here are three keys to the game and a score prediction.
A former Cyclones basketball player that didn’t play last season because of an Achilles injury pleaded Tuesday to underage gambling. He is the 10th student-athlete to plead to the lesser charge in the state probe of illegal gambling.
Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht told reporters he felt the offense lacked a “sense of urgency” in the first half of a 10-7 loss to Ohio, which is concerning enough. It seemed the same could have been said about the previous week’s 20-13 loss to Iowa.
As frustrating as last Saturday’s 10-7 loss at Ohio proved to be for Iowa State’s beleaguered offense, opportunities for success dotted all four quarters. They simply went largely unmet — and that’s a situation that must change Saturday against Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma State seems to be facing even more wide-ranging problems than Iowa State right now. Here are five Cowboys to watch in Saturday’s Big 12 opener
Ohio defensive lineman Rodney Mathews picked off a deflected pass late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 10-7 win by the Bobcats over Iowa State on Saturday afternoon.
Iowa State wraps up the nonconference portion of its regular-season schedule Saturday with a trip to Ohio to face the Bobcats at Peden Stadium. Here’s what you need to know.
The Cyclones must be able to run the ball and limit turnovers while taking away the ball once or twice themselves. Here are three keys and a score prediction for Iowa State’s game Saturday at Ohio.
Jeremiah Cooper is one of two players nationally with as many as three interceptions this season. He’s also one of 31 FBS players to have strode into the end zone with a pick-6 and it's hoped his ball-hawking mentality will rub off on his Iowa State teammates.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel has score predictions for three games every week during the college football season. This week’s picks include Western Michigan vs. Iowa, Iowa State vs. Ohio and Penn State vs. Illinois.
Iowa State trounced Ohio, 43-10, last season at home, but it’s unlikely to be that easy this time around. The Bobcats — who scored 17 unanswered points to beat Tom Herman’s Florida Atlantic Owls last week on the road — return several veteran standouts, including quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who is the reigning MAC offensive player of the year.
Bridget Carleton knows exactly what fellow Iowa State product Ashley Joens has endured this season as a WNBA rookie.
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